Midnight (2021)

Vengo con otra película de suspense este viernes (para que no se noten mis gustos jajajaja).
La historia me pareció muy impactante y me gustó mucho que no es de las películas que tienes que esperar a que vayan por la mitad para que comience la acción ya que la acción comienza en el minuto uno. Es una película que te va a tener en alerta todo el tiempo sin saber qué va a pasar a continuación. Otra cosa que me gustó mucho y que también te ayuda a entender a los personajes y a meterte más en la película es que en muchas escenas te anulan el sonido ambiente dado que los personajes principales son sordos. Al anularte el sonido ambiente, eres capaz de entender mejor cómo los personajes principales de la mujer y la hija se están enfrentando a la persecución del asesino.
En cuanto a los personajes, la madre y la hija me gustaron mucho pero la capacidad de manipulación del asesino en serie me dejó alucinada y era algo que no me podía creer.
Sin embargo, esta serie me ha dejado una profunda reflexión sobre las personas sordomudas. Las protagonistas tienen que luchar constantemente durante la persecución con la comunicación con las demás personas que las rodean pero el resto de personas no saben entender el lenguaje de señas, lo único que ayuda a complicar la situación. Por lo tanto, me dejó reflexionando la necesidad que hay de que los sistemas educativos incluyan lengua de signos desde que somos pequeños para poder conseguir una inclusión total.

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People only believe what they see

Great Movie, If you want a thriller and intense scenes then this is for you.

Story: The girl is a very strong and smart girl despite being deaf. She made decisions that actually helped her in the end. One wrong choice could lead to her death. Why is it thrilling? because the deaf girl cannot hear anything from her surroundings and a psychopathic killer is chasing her. If she was in your place then imagine the amount of fear she can get without the ability to hear or speak. She manages to keep calm all the time that's why she managed to get away from him. Not only the deaf girl but also the psycho is incredibly wise and smart that he can manage to turn what was happening and manipulate the people from his lies. The ending where he can't change the situation was the best thing ever. It also shows that people only believe what they see. The people think she was crazy but she was just trying to ask for help.

Acting: The acting was great, Jin Ki Joo did a great job portraying a deaf girl especially the scene where she tried to speak to him begging for her life. Wi Ha Joon acting did show the dark and creepiness in his face. Other cast was great too.

Music: The music was great, every beat makes my heart jump. The intensity of the music is like I was the one who is being chased.

Rewatch Value : I watched this alone, so I am sure I will recommend my cousins and friends to watched this movie with them in a movie night.

Overall : A GREAT MOVIE WITH AN INTENSE AMOUNT OF THRILLER.

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One of the most frustrating thrillers I've ever seen

Midnight is basically a really draggy cat and mouse chase film with all the mice sharing one brain cell.

At first I thought this film would be similar to Blind, an iconic thriller which was also about a disabled female lead being chased by a psychopath after witnessing a murder. But I realized after watching that comparing the two was an insult to Blind.

Every single character was dumb and had almost 0 common sense (especially the cops). I had hopes for the female lead's mom as she was good at reading people but in the end, she disappointed me as well.

Overall, Midnight felt like it was written by a thriller rookie who did not do their research on crime and just decided to recycle bits and pieces of movies of similar concept.

**SPOILERS**

what kind of person thinks that telling a psychopath your dreams and goals in life would actually make him feel bad and not kill you lol also PTSD doesn't exist here apparently.

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IT'S A MOVIE DUH??

This movie is really great. the plot is written very well. For those who said that this movie is unrealistic, how do you know it's not real? maybe some people has been through this situation where people don't hear what they say and make an assumption that the killer is somewhat your brother or father. and for the police who need to make decision whether his sister or that lady, if in real life the police also probably be scared and want to save both but who didn't want to save their own siblings. some even said that this movie is non-sense. OMG this is a freaking movie and even it's not happening to you, maybe it's already happened to everyone else. you don't know their stories. there's this one person said that the leading lady wasted so much time sign in front of people that can't understand signing and she could've just type in the phone. um excuse me, maybe she's VERYY scared.. do you think she's calm enough to take out her phone and type everything. and even said hopeless movie, hopeless cop, hopeless citizen !? YES THAT'S RIGHT BECAUSE THIS MOVIE WANT TO TEACH US IF YOU EVER SEE THIS SITUATION HAPPENS IN REAL LIFE, you should help that person. YOU GUYS THAT GIVE 1 STAR, IS TRULY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THIS MOVIE. EVEN IF SOME SAID THERE'S NO MEANING, YOU NEED TO SEARCH BY YOURSELF THE MEANING !! try understand more. the frustration of the lady because she can't speak. the author shown a mean world so that we can take a lesson and don't be like them .. overall both chemistry is great and I hope they have romance drama together ???

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The idea it's great, as well the atmosphere. The acting was also amazing. However there's so many little stupid mistakes.

1. Like when she was screaming to call him (to save the other girl), how did no one heard her? There were so many houses near by.
2. The last fight in the alley, how did no one saw it?? There were so many noise and so many people!!!
3. The police officer didn't deserve that happy ending, sorry, I get it that you are worried about your sister, but you didn't need him to find her, the deaf girl knew where she was, you could just search that area, since this is all in one night, the killer couldn't move. (and it was also inhuman). Also why didn't he ask for backup?
4. The mother could have done better in the police station, like push the suitcase to make noise and show the tools (but well she was too shocked to do something, what is understandable) , but how tf there's no cameras there?? And the police just saw a fight and let everyone go home??? bruh
5. And yeah lets let two people (covered in blood) running by the road.

But I'm not going to say, that I hated it. I love this fast thrillers movies. So I enjoy it for it.

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I’m annoyed

It was a thrilling movie, but I’ve simply watched the entire film feeling frustrated. I was annoyed at everything from the FL to the side characters.

Points that annoyed the hell out of me:
- EVERYONE IS SO STUPID.
I’m sure this movie wanted to display the insensitivity of society when it came to disabilities- However surely people can’t be that STUPID right?? the girl is hurt and afraid, with a man covered in blood pursuing her- but since she’s deaf and cannot talk properly, therefore, it means she’s just crazy right? Smh
- WHY DOESN'T ANYONE HELP HER. I hate how they undermine her and her mother simply because she's handicapped. Everything she seems to say is invalidated and she doesn't seem to push her points across. Her mother senses that there's something wrong but just seems to ignore it
- EVERYONE IS EASILY FOOLED. Anyone can say that they're my brother and people will believe it. ??‍♀️
- THE MOTHER COULD'VE ENDED IT ALL. The mother had a chance to end it all at the police station of she simply thought. She could've made a sound, chuck the contents of his bag onto the floor etc how can he kill them all in the police station.
- You’re telling me, she can’t sense when someone is directly behind her?? Deaf or not deaf, everyone has that sense when someone is practically breathing down their neck.
- stupid thought. BUT DONT CARS STOP WHEN THERES PEOPLE JUMPING ONTO THE ROAD?? Don’t Korean cars have a breaking system?

The actor who played the physcopath was scarily good. He was just fun to watch.

I apologise if this ‘review’ doesn’t make any sense. I'm too irritated to properly get my feeling across.

Ps. If you want to watch a good film with a similar premise, pls watch HUSH.

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Needlessly Frustrating

This was a frustratingly stupid mess. This could have literally been solved within the first hour if it weren't for the absolutely idiotic behaviour of nearly everyone. The police were asinine and so were many of the core characters. The mother leaving out after the first encounter was face palming silly and a whole assortment of other ridiculous foolishness this movies gets up to that I'll spare you due to spoilers.
Perhaps the worst part of this movie was it's attempts at supposed messaging and social commentary. Primarily as it set up some of the silliest and most unbelievable scenarios to comment on the treatment of the disabled. A woman frantically running, screaming and being pursued by a man with blood all over him would set off literally everybody's red flags.
But oh no she can't speak so clearly she's deranged and we won't give her the time of day. THIS WOULD LITERALLY NEVER HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE.

The acting was fine, the music reasonably forgettable but I expected nothing less. This movie should have just been in the Door Lock, Blind school of inoffensive thriller that is just tightly written and done but some how they managed to make an absolute mess of it.

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This movie's first half excited and fascinated me with it's chase scenes, the serial killer manipulating everyone and the abduction of Kim hye yoon's character. I loved the family part of this movie, especially the mother-daughter relationship. But the last half was extremely disappointing to me. The serial killer's actions were impulsive, but the police were oblivious to them. The police's potrayal, to the very end, was very badly done. For most of the parts in the last half, they showed some chase scenes and some action scenes between the serial killer and the female lead.

The casting was perfect and everyone in their character did an awesome job, especially, Jin ki joo and Wi ha joon. Even though Wi ha joon's character's only job was to swear, hit people, manipulate everyone and getting away after doing some very impulsive actions that explicts shows that he is the serial killer. Honestly, I feel that the latter half could have been better if they didn't try to stretch the movie by showing a lot of unnecessary chase scenes and very predictable plots.

I didn't even notice that the movie had any music because I was just staring at the movie for the sake of finishing it. I really expected something better after watching the trailer and the teasers. I thought it was going to be an intense mystery and a psychological battle between the female lead and a serial killer as there aren't many K-movies that shows something like a mental fight with a female lead. But what happened was that they revealed the serial killer to everyone too soon. They should have gone for some more manipulation from Wi ha joon's character, instead of those impulsive actions. It would have created a fear in the viewer's heart(?).

I am not someone who like action scenes in thriller or mystery movies. So, it might not be for me. But if you are someone who likes action scenes and mystery, then it might be a good movie for you. I would recommend it. But the story didn't seem that interesting to me.

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Promising Failure

Be warned, if you are expecting a movie similar to Hush (2016), turn around before you are disappointed.

I went into this movie with somewhat high expectations, only to end disappointed. Having seen the trailer and that Wi Ha Joon starred as main role I won't lie, it caught my attention straight away. It had so much potential but ended up being flat, not the thriller I was expecting

The beginning is decent, but it only goes down hill from there. Pointless running through the city, usless police officers that are smitten by the serial killer lies. Apparently no one at the city can think for themselves and actually do something when they see a girl running away in fear while being chased by a guy. Don't worry, he will just tell everybody that it is her sister and everyone will believe him straight away without batting an eye. Oh and also, did I mention how unrealistic it is that even if there are so many cameras on the street and South Korea having one of the best security systems, it all ends up being usless?

I did enjoy the acting, specially from Jin Ki Joo and Kil Hae Yeon. Wi Ha Joon had so much potential but was done dirty by the poor writing.

Kudos to the sound editing, I liked the contrast at the beginning between the silenced world that Kim Kyung Mi experienced opposed to the rest of the world.

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Frustrating!

The Story: The flow was good, it's a good thriller movie that makes you feel like you are the one getting chased. It keeps you on your toes. Although there are parts that made me exasperated because of the stupidity of almost all of the civilians or extra characters. In real life, the reactions of the civilians might not be possible at all.

Acting/Cast: The casts are superb, it's like the movie was tailored for the casts themselves. There are no parts were you feel like their emotions are lacking.

Music: I can't really remember any music being played during the movie. I don't know if it's because I'm too focused on the movie or if it's because the music isn't memorable at all.

Rewatch Value: Personally, I don't think I will watch this again. Movies like these are only good during the first time watching.

Overall: The movie is great, I get the frustration of the other viewers who reviewed and said it sucks because of the lack of realness when it comes to the reaction of the civilians but besides those, I still think this movie is worth to watch.

PS. I kinda don't like how it ended. It feels like the guy had an easy way out of what he did.

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Stressful

This movie requires a huge leap of faith to be taken seriously. There’s just so much of illogical reasoning which made the movie seem draggy and unrealistic. To me, that is a huge flaw for a thriller/psychopath kind of movie. It could’ve been way better had the writer put more thought-out ideas in the script.

If we look past the questionable writing, the only saving point is the acting. The actors did a wonderful job, portraying their characters. I loved watching the scenes, just because of their stunning acting. The leads were perfect and I would love to see them act together again.

The direction is good too. The scenes are well-shot, creating suspense and dread within the watchers. The concept on paper seems good too but the execution was poor.

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